Opponents of the bill said the Good Samaritan law was designed to help save lives and placing a cap on the number of times someone could call 911 without consequences would discourage people from calling.

The 6-3 vote Thursday for HB 2067 would impose prison terms of up to a year for medical professionals who fail to conduct a full medical exam before issuing the required state certification to buy and use the drug.

HB 2283 would say that the laws on child molestation do not apply to touching, fondling or handling "that a reasonable person would recognize as normal caretaking interactions or responsibilities with a minor or vulnerable adult.''

Claiming they're being ignored by John McCain and Jeff Flake, Republican state legislators took the first steps Tuesday to allowing them -- and not the voters -- to choose who gets to run for the U.S. Senate.

The Arizona Department of Corrections on Tuesday said it would immediately triple the number of free sanitary napkins it automatically provides each month to female inmates as it works to head off a Democratic proposal in the Legislature to provide unlimited free tampons, pads and other feminine hygiene products.